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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Legislative and work programme of the Commission for 2007 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061114.36.2-228"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-14-Speech-2-2292
lpv:speaker	lp:José Javier Pomés Ruiz2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-28--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Unión del Pueblo Navarro (2004-09-16--2009-01-20)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2007-02-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I too regret that the Council is not here. The Council’s absence from these debates has become far too frequent and I believe it would be good to remind it that it should be here and that it should take good note of that. It was not here for the presentation of the Court of Auditors report this morning either. Although Mr Weber, President of the Court of Auditors, has met with Ecofin, the political debate amongst those of us representing the citizens takes place in this Chamber. I therefore disapprove of the Finnish Presidency's absence. This morning we read the report of the House of Lords, which gave us a real pasting: it says that we do things badly, that we do not control our spending. Furthermore, we have once again been presented with the report by the Court of Auditors, a report that has always been negative, ever since I joined this Parliament in 1994. For the last twelve years it has said that the Commission and the Council is making an effort, but it has not given its approval. As Françoise Grossetête has said, the Commission’s programme is a political programme and I therefore believe that it is right for the Commission to aim high, but it is doing little in terms of controlling spending. I would like to say to the Commission, which is here today — I regret that the Vice-Chairman of our Committee on Budgetary Control is not here and I thank Mr Almunia for listening — that unless we spend properly, the Council will continue to reduce the budget and we will end up without any Community policies. If your work programme says nothing about controlling the Europeans’ money, what will happen in the end? We will not even reach the 1% threshold. Next year we will have 0.9% of the budget and we will end up with no Community policies in Europe. Get your act together please. State that we want to spend well, better than the Member States, that we want to put the Member States in a position in which that can say that they agree with the way spending is carried out. The citizens must be aware that, if money is spent badly, it is not just the Commission’s fault, but also the fault of the Member States, of the agents. Let us get our act together, let us do something, not just for transparency, but for good spending."@en1

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